After completion of the workshop series, participants will:

1. develop their ability, skills & techniques in developing, plotting, planning, writing, and editing long form fiction in the novel form
2. have their writing improved through peer critique and presenter guidance during the workshops
3. come away with an understanding of what it takes to write a novel on their own.

Please note participants are required to attend all 4 online sessions.

Fiction Writers including:

1. Foundation Writers — Early stage, promising writers without any publication history. This includes those who are writing for the first time or have never written with deadlines or structure before, or
2. Intermediate Writers — Writers who have chosen to pursue writing as a full time or part time career with a serious, professional intent but who are not yet published with a mainstream or recognised independent publisher.

Participants will be selected by the Visiting Writer with assistance from the Asia Creative Writing programme. A waiting list will be maintained.

Course Prerequisites

To sign up, please register at this link with the following documents:

1. A 500 word writing sample (your writing sample does not have to be from the genre of the course nor your current writing project; it will be an assesment of your standard and style of writing)
2. A short summary of your writing project of ~100 words
3. A short biography of ~100 words

Course Fees

• For 4 workshops of 2.5 hours each:
  • $125 for adults
  • $50 for students, unemployed, low income migrant workers
• Free for undergraduates from Singapore tertiary institutions
• Non refundable if cancellation 2 weeks or less before course starts
• Please email us if financial assistance is needed